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  • Title: The synthetic estrogen 4-estren-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (estren) induces estrogen-like neuroprotection.
    Author: Cordey M, Gundimeda U, Gopalakrishna R, Pike CJ.
    Journal: Neurobiol Dis; 2005; 19(1-2):331-9. PubMed ID: 15837589.
    Abstract:
    Estrogen has demonstrated neuroprotective properties, which may underlie the observed preventive effect of estrogen-based hormone therapy (HT) against the development of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Deleterious side effects of HT have increased efforts to develop safer compounds that selectively reproduce beneficial estrogen actions. Recently, 4-estren-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (estren) was identified as having estrogen agonist properties in bone, without significantly stimulating growth of reproductive tissues. Here, we examined whether estren parallels the neuroprotective actions of estrogen against beta-amyloid (A beta) in cultured cerebrocortical neurons. Estren increased neuronal viability to a similar extent to that observed with 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and 17 alpha-estradiol. As we previously reported for E2, estren rapidly increased PKC activity, and PKC inhibition prevented estren neuroprotection. In contrast, the estrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780 blocked E2, but not estren neuroprotection. Our results indicate that estren-induced activation of rapid cell signaling pathways protects cultured neurons from A beta toxicity.
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